Originally posted by @Barry-Sanchez
How is he doing in the polls again, how did he get to the top? If you think a politician believes what he says then you are soft in the head, he says it to get power or retain it nothing more.
Right, that still doesnāt really address anything I actually said. I said itās concerning that someone is running on a White Supremacist ticket, especially given the racial tensions present in the country right now.
Whether he believes it or not (I really think he does - given there is more than a little evidence to suggest so) is irrelevant. Itās reinforcing the ideas of White Supremacists. Who are extremely dangerous. They are growing, and they are responsible for more violent deaths in America than those evil Muslims in the past 15 years.
Cry all you want about pc gone mad, but the truth is, words of consequences. Speech is an extremely powerful tool. If you spout hate, to people that already hate, and they go out and start killing people. That is a problem.
Idealism has no place in politics hence old Jezza who I like wont last long. You obviously are struggling with American constitution, freedom of speech.
Again, this is meaningless. How exactly am I stuggling Baz? What exactly have I said that is contradiction of the 1st Amendment? Itās perfectly legitimate to say this this person has shitty ideas, and is saying shitty and dangerous things. Itās almost, like I dunno, my free speech to say what he is saying is bullshit. That said, I donāt think you should be able to outright lie in an attempt to win an election. Doubly so when those lies are racist as fuck.
Yes it is refreshing to see someone speak their mind regardless of whether its right or wrong, we only have Dianne Abbot here for that nowadays and she is a bellend. Gordon Brown got in deep shit for saying crap about Gillian Duffy. Case and point there I think.
I think you missed the point of that whole furore. If anything, Gordon would be part of your pc patrol, calling her a bigot, for asking where all the Eastern Europeans were coming from. Yāknow, something you donāt like hearing. So no, no case or point there really.